On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
At 5:11 PM 3/22/96 -0600, Rick Smith wrote:
The big deal is that few vendors have tried to get NCSC evaluations.
We walked KeyKOS a long way down the path to a B2 rating. Our investors refused to fund the estimated $1 million it would cost to do all the paperwork. They felt there was no market for NCSC secure systems. Perhaps others felt the same way.
Hopefully, with the Common Criteria replacing the Orange Book (pray, this year), you'll now be able to evaluate against a profile for a lot less money. And, believe it or not, customers will actually get security products they need instead of another instance of the Bell-LaPadula model crafted to military specs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Liberty is truly dead |Mark Aldrich | | when the slaves are willing |GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | | to forge their own chains. |maldrich@grci.com | | STOP THE CDA NOW! |MAldrich@dockmaster.ncsc.mil | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich@grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------